Fast Facts
Savvas Learning Company is seeking a part-time Curriculum Specialist for K-12 Literacy/ELA in California, responsible for supporting teachers and enhancing program offerings.
Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include communicating with pilot teachers, delivering program training, maintaining customer relationships, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure client satisfaction.
Skills: Required skills include strong communication, proficiency in presentation technology, and a deep understanding of K-12 education theories and market trends in Literacy/ELA.
Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree, 2+ years of K-12 experience, public speaking skills, and biliteracy in English/Spanish.
Location: California, USA
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $30 - $50 per hour.
Summary
The Part-time Curriculum Specialist at Savvas Learning Company is a dedicated education specialist that provides ongoing support for teachers and introductory product orientations for print, digital, and blended programs. This self-starter role requires strong communication skills to build and maintain relationships with K-12 employees from superintendents to paraprofessionals, ensuring client satisfaction and providing excellent customer service.
This position will be required to attend on-site customer meetings in California.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide consistent, on-going communication and support for pilot teachers throughout the pilot process.
- Provide customer feedback to sales, product, and marketing teams to enhance offerings and strategies.
- Maintain content level expertise through the Savvas Learning Company certification process and agreed upon materials.
- Deliver Program Activation trainings for new and on-going customer accounts.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding and knowledge of Savvas Learning Company’s print and digital solutions.
- Maintain positive on-going relationships with customers throughout the sales cycle and after activation, providing support or re-direction to appropriate Savvas teams to ensure client satisfaction.
- Provide excellent customer service at all times.
- Build and maintain relationships with key TK-12 decision-makers within the market segment.
- Collaborate closely with Savvas teams, including sales, services, and product management, to ensure alignment, support, and to address and resolve customer satisfaction issues, ensuring overall customer success.
Additional Job Requirements:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- This person must be able to sit or stand at a personal computer for a reasonable length of time, typing and reading, as well as when presenting.
- The ability to handle a high volume of work in a short period, handle multiple priorities simultaneously, and operate in a demanding work environment is important.
- Reliable attendance and punctuality are critical to successful performance in this role.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.
- Regional travel will be required, with requests sometimes made with short notice; long distance travel in cars is possible.
- Monitoring and controlling timekeeping and expenses in accordance with Savvas Learning Company Travel and Entertainment policies.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- 2+ years of K-12 education experience to include classroom teaching experience.
- Previous experience in selling and servicing in the education market is desirable.
- Experience in public speaking and creating engaging presentations for diverse audiences, including teachers, parents, district administrators, superintendents, or adoption committees.
- Biliterate in English/Spanish preferred, or proficiency in English and Spanish is a plus, but not required.
- Specialty training or advanced certification is preferred.
- Knowledge of the competitive landscape preferred.
Additional Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
- Expert knowledge of education theory and market trends in K-12 Literacy/ELA.
- Deep knowledge and passion for learning in K-12 education.
- Strong communication skills to relate to all levels of K-12 employees, from superintendents to paraprofessionals.
- Proficiency with technology skills, including all presentation software and hardware (PC or Mac, whiteboard technology, 1:1 devices) for developing and delivering multimedia presentations.
- Ability to have pointed conversations with school districts in K-12 Literacy/ELA.
- Understanding of sales campaign strategy, market trends, and the full continuum of Savvas Learning Company services to better understand the customer and audience.
- Collaborative mindset, functioning as a flexible, team-oriented partner who shares responsibilities.
- Self-starter with a proactive attitude and the ability to take initiative, work independently, and manage projects from inception to completion.
- Exceptional organizational skills in managing time, communicating effectively, and organizing physical and digital materials to ensure efficient workflow and successful project execution.
Other Duties Assigned by Management:
- Assist with special projects as they are assigned.
